# Syncing Csound's clock to the VST host

**URL:** <https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/syncing-csounds-clock-to-the-vst-host/415>\
**Category:** Cabbage Stew\
**Created:** [8 February 2017 17:33 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/syncing-csounds-clock-to-the-vst-host/415 "2017-02-08T17:33:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [9 February 2017 10:08 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/syncing-csounds-clock-to-the-vst-host/415/2 "2017-02-09T10:08:57Z")

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By Csound’s internal clock I assume you mean the time passed since Csound was started? This should match what you have in the host already as the plugin will only start once you it play? Or?

Also, have you seen this:

> [@Controlling host tempo from Cabbage](http://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/controlling-host-tempo-from-cabbage/285):
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> Stefano posted a question yesterday about using Cabbage to control the tempo of a host. Unfortunately the message was lost when we upgraded our servers. So I’ll provide the same answer now as I did yesterday. I don’t think it is currently possible to do this using the VST SDK. The only solution I can think of is if your host allows the main BPM to be set using OSC. Otherwise I’m not sure how you might do it.

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